SECTION 777:15-1-6. Course review and certification process

(a)   All approved vendors will have the online courses they submitted as part of the RFP published on the OSOCP website and reviewed according to the schedule adopted by the SVCSB.

(b)   Course reviews will be conducted by content experts and pedagogical experts selected by the SVCSB. Courses will be evaluated using rubrics to determine alignment with the current academic standards approved by the State of Oklahoma (or nationally/ internationally accepted content standards set for courses whose content is not included in state standards) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) National Standards for Quality Online Courses. The rubric published in the most current National Standards for Quality Online Courses will be used as part of the Course Review, along with a rubric to measure the presence of each of the academic standards for the content area. Online Course Providers of Advanced Placement (AP) courses must provide the results of the AP Course Audit and Authorization. No other course evaluation will be conducted for AP Courses. Online Providers must provide evidence annually of AP Authorization Renewal.

(c)   If results of the initial review suggest that a course will not be recommended for certification, the Course Provider will be contacted with the review results and will have fifteen (15) calendar days to revise material or provide additional information pertinent to the review. These revisions will be examined by the course reviewers and, if appropriate, the rubric scores will be modified. Once the course review is complete, results of the evaluation will be presented to the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board (SVCSB). The SVCSB will consider the evidence and vote whether to certify or not certify the course. The decision will be made on a simple majority vote. If the SVCSB votes to not certify a course, the course will be removed from the Oklahoma Online Course Catalog and the Course Provider will be notified of the reasons the course was not certified. The Course Provider may revise the course and resubmit for additional Course Review and certification consideration. Resubmitted courses will be reviewed after all submitted courses have undergone an initial review. Courses approved will be certified for a five-year period. After which, Course Providers must apply for renewal. Certified courses will be identified as such and have their course review ratings published in the Oklahoma Online Course Catalog available on the OSOCP website. Courses pending review will be identified as such and have the date of their scheduled review published in the Oklahoma Online Course Catalog.

[Source: Added at 33 Ok Reg 517, eff 3-28-16 (emergency); Added at 34 Ok Reg 2151, eff 9-11-17]